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Operators develop information support skills
A member of the Moroccan special operations forces employs a Next Generation Loudspeaker System during training focused on military information support operations, March 6, 2017 in Tifnit, Morocco. MISO instructors from Special Operations Command Forward Northwest Africa partnered with critical skills operators from Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command and their Moroccan counterparts for Exercise Filntlock 2017, the tenth iteration of Africa's largest special operations exercise. Flintlock provides opportunities for SOF partners from 24 nations to improve their interoperability and build capacity in the fight against trans-regional threats and violet extremist organizations. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brian Hardy/Released)
Photo by: Sgt. Brian Hardy
Operators develop information support skills
A member of the Moroccan special operations forces employs a Next Generation Loudspeaker System during training focused on military information support operations, 6 March 2017 in Tifnit, Morocco. MISO instructors from Special Operations Command Forward Northwest Africa partnered with critical skills operators from Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command and their Moroccan counterparts for Exercise Filntlock 2017, the tenth iteration of Africa's largest special operations exercise. Flintlock provides opportunities for SOF partners from 24 nations to improve their interoperability and build capacity in the fight against trans-regional threats and violet extremist organizations. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brian Hardy/Released)
Photo by: Sgt. Brian Hardy
SASC hearing
AFRICOM Commander Gen. Thomas Waldhauser (right) and CENTCOM Commander Gen. Joseph Votel, appear before the SASC, Mar. 9, 2017, Washington. Waldhauser appeared before the committee for an annual session that allows members the opportunity receive updates from commanders and ask questions that inform decisions. During the hearing, Waldhauser submitted U.S. AFRICOM’s official annual posture statement and answered questions related to the command’s area of responsibility on topics ranging from counter-terrorism initiatives to the influence of other countries upon the African continent. (Courtesy image)
Photo by: U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs, Stuttgart, Germany
Commander delivers annual statement to the Senate House Services Committee
AFRICOM Commander Gen. Thomas Waldhauser (right) and CENTCOM Commander Gen. Joseph Votel, appear before the SASC, Mar. 9, 2017, Washington. Waldhauser appeared before the committee for an annual session that allows members the opportunity receive updates from commanders and ask questions that inform decisions. During the hearing, Waldhauser submitted U.S. AFRICOM’s official annual posture statement and answered questions related to the command’s area of responsibility on topics ranging from counter-terrorism initiatives to the influence of other countries upon the African continent. (Courtesy image)
Photo by: U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs, Stuttgart, Germany
Commander delivers annual statement to the Senate House Services Committee
SASC Ranking Member, Sen. Jack Reed at hearing on AFRICOM and CENTCOM, Mar. 9, 2017, in Washington. Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, AFRICOM commander, appeared before the committee for an annual session that allows members the opportunity receive updates from commanders and ask questions that inform decisions. During the hearing, Waldhauser submitted U.S. AFRICOM’s official annual posture statement and answered questions related to the command’s area of responsibility on topics ranging from counter-terrorism initiatives to the influence of other countries upon the African continent. (Courtesy image)
Photo by: U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs, Stuttgart, Germany
Commander delivers annual statement to the Senate House Services Committee
Gen. Joseph Votel, U.S. CENTCOM commander, appeared before the committee for an annual session that allows members the opportunity receive updates from commanders and ask questions that inform decisions. During the hearing, Votel submitted U.S. CENTCOM’s official annual posture statement and answered questions related to the command’s area of responsibility on topics ranging from counter-terrorism initiatives to the influence of other countries in the CENTCOM area of operations. (Courtesy image)
Photo by: U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs, Stuttgart, Germany
Commander delivers annual statement to the Senate House Services Committee
Commander U.S. Africa Command General Thomas Waldhauser provides information to members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services (SASC) during a hearing held on March 9, 2017 in Washington DC.
Waldhauser appeared before the committee for an annual session that allows members the opportunity receive updates from commanders and ask questions that inform decisions. During the hearing, Waldhauser submitted U.S. AFRICOM’s official annual posture statement and answered questions related to the command’s area of responsibility on topics ranging from counter-terrorism initiatives to the influence of other countries upon the African continent. (Courtesy image)
Photo by: U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs, Stuttgart, Germany
Commander delivers annual statement to the Senate House Services Committee
SASC Chairman, Sen. John McCain at hearing on AFRICOM and CENTCOM, Mar. 9, 2017, in Washington. Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, AFRICOM commander, appeared before the committee for an annual session that allows members the opportunity receive updates from commanders and ask questions that inform decisions. During the hearing, Waldhauser submitted U.S. AFRICOM’s official annual posture statement and answered questions related to the command’s area of responsibility on topics ranging from counter-terrorism initiatives to the influence of other countries upon the African continent. (Courtesy image)
Photo by: U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs, Stuttgart, Germany
Commander delivers annual statement to the Senate House Services Committee
SASC hearing on AFRICOM and CENTCOM, Mar. 9, 2017, Washington. Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, AFRICOM commander, appeared before the committee for an annual session that allows members the opportunity receive updates from commanders and ask questions that inform decisions. During the hearing, Waldhauser submitted U.S. AFRICOM’s official annual posture statement and answered questions related to the command’s area of responsibility on topics ranging from counter-terrorism initiatives to the influence of other countries upon the African continent. (Courtesy image)
Photo by: U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs, Stuttgart, Germany
Commander delivers annual statement to the Senate House Services Committee
Commander U.S. Africa Command General Thomas Waldhauser provides information to members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services (SASC) during a hearing held on March 9, 2017 in Washington, DC.
Waldhauser appeared before the committee for an annual session that allows members the opportunity receive updates from commanders and ask questions that inform decisions. During the hearing, Waldhauser submitted U.S. AFRICOM’s official annual posture statement and answered questions related to the command’s area of responsibility on topics ranging from counter-terrorism initiatives to the influence of other countries upon the African continent. (Courtesy image)
Photo by: U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs, Stuttgart, Germany
The oldest friendship: U.S. and Morocco, and Flintlock 2017
Brig. Gen. Mohammed Benlouali, operations commander for Morocco’s Southern Zone, speaks to the lead exercise instructor from a U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command (MARSOC) team at the opening ceremony for Exercise Flintlock 2017, on Feb. 27. This year marks the tenth iteration of the special operations forces exercise, which focuses on building partner capacity and enhancing interoperability between 24 African and Western partners training in seven partner nations. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Scott A. Achtemeier/Released)
Photo by: Maj. Nicholas Mannweiler
The oldest friendship: U.S. and Morocco, and Flintlock 2017
Members of Morocco's special operations forces methodically clear buildings as part of a direct action raid, March 3, 2017, during Exercise Flintlock 2017. The operators partnered with Marines from U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command throughout the exercise to build interoperability and support their common goal of countering violent extremism across the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Maj. Nick Mannweiler/Released)
Photo by: Maj. Nicholas Mannweiler
Cabo Verde completes disaster preparedness training
Cabo Verde completed disaster preparedness training, Feb. 13-24, 2017. Cabo Verde became the 15th and final country under the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) commission to successfully complete training and participate in the West Africa Disaster Preparedness Initiative (WADPI) program. WADPI is supported by AFRICOM’s Disaster Preparedness Program, in collaboration with the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), ECOWAS and the National Management Organization of Ghana. It is funded by U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid Appropriation (ODHACA) funds. (Photo by Samantha Reho, U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs/Released)
Cabo Verde completes disaster preparedness training
Cabo Verde completed disaster preparedness training, Feb. 13-24, 2017. Cabo Verde became the 15th and final country under the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) commission to successfully complete training and participate in the West Africa Disaster Preparedness Initiative (WADPI) program. WADPI is supported by AFRICOM’s Disaster Preparedness Program, in collaboration with the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), ECOWAS and the National Management Organization of Ghana. It is funded by U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid Appropriation (ODHACA) funds. (Photo by Samantha Reho, U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs/Released)
Cabo Verde completes disaster preparedness training
Cabo Verde completed disaster preparedness training, Feb. 13-24, 2017. Cabo Verde became the 15th and final country under the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) commission to successfully complete training and participate in the West Africa Disaster Preparedness Initiative (WADPI) program. WADPI is supported by AFRICOM’s Disaster Preparedness Program, in collaboration with the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), ECOWAS and the National Management Organization of Ghana. It is funded by U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid Appropriation (ODHACA) funds. (Photo by Samantha Reho, U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs/Released)
Cabo Verde completes disaster preparedness training
Cabo Verde completed disaster preparedness training, Feb. 13-24, 2017. Cabo Verde became the 15th and final country under the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) commission to successfully complete training and participate in the West Africa Disaster Preparedness Initiative (WADPI) program. WADPI is supported by AFRICOM’s Disaster Preparedness Program, in collaboration with the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), ECOWAS and the National Management Organization of Ghana. It is funded by U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid Appropriation (ODHACA) funds. (Photo by Samantha Reho, U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs/Released)
Cabo Verde completes disaster preparedness training
Cabo Verde completed disaster preparedness training, Feb. 13-24, 2017. Cabo Verde became the 15th and final country under the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) commission to successfully complete training and participate in the West Africa Disaster Preparedness Initiative (WADPI) program. WADPI is supported by AFRICOM’s Disaster Preparedness Program, in collaboration with the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), ECOWAS and the National Management Organization of Ghana. It is funded by U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid Appropriation (ODHACA) funds. (Photo by Samantha Reho, U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs/Released)
Cabo Verde completes disaster preparedness training
Cabo Verde completed disaster preparedness training, Feb. 13-24, 2017. Cabo Verde became the 15th and final country under the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) commission to successfully complete training and participate in the West Africa Disaster Preparedness Initiative (WADPI) program. WADPI is supported by AFRICOM’s Disaster Preparedness Program, in collaboration with the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), ECOWAS and the National Management Organization of Ghana. It is funded by U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid Appropriation (ODHACA) funds. (Photo by Samantha Reho, U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs/Released)
Cabo Verde completes disaster preparedness training
Cabo Verde completed disaster preparedness training, Feb. 13-24, 2017. Cabo Verde became the 15th and final country under the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) commission to successfully complete training and participate in the West Africa Disaster Preparedness Initiative (WADPI) program. WADPI is supported by AFRICOM’s Disaster Preparedness Program, in collaboration with the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), ECOWAS and the National Management Organization of Ghana. It is funded by U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid Appropriation (ODHACA) funds. (Photo by Samantha Reho, U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs/Released)
Cabo Verde completes disaster preparedness training
Cabo Verde complete disaster preparedness training, Feb. 13-24, 2017. Cabo Verde became the 15th and final country under the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) commission to successfully complete training and participate in the West Africa Disaster Preparedness Initiative (WADPI) program. WADPI is supported by AFRICOM’s Disaster Preparedness Program, in collaboration with the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), ECOWAS and the National Management Organization of Ghana. It is funded by U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid Appropriation (ODHACA) funds. (Photo by Samantha Reho, U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs/Released)
Cabo Verde completes disaster preparedness training
Cabo Verde complete disaster preparedness training, Feb. 13-24, 2017. Cabo Verde became the 15th and final country under the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) commission to successfully complete training and participate in the West Africa Disaster Preparedness Initiative (WADPI) program. WADPI is supported by AFRICOM’s Disaster Preparedness Program, in collaboration with the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), ECOWAS and the National Management Organization of Ghana. It is funded by U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid Appropriation (ODHACA) funds. (Photo by Samantha Reho, U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs/Released)
Cabo Verde completes disaster preparedness training
Cabo Verde complete disaster preparedness training, Feb. 13-24, 2017. Cabo Verde became the 15th and final country under the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) commission to successfully complete training and participate in the West Africa Disaster Preparedness Initiative (WADPI) program. WADPI is supported by AFRICOM’s Disaster Preparedness Program, in collaboration with the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), ECOWAS and the National Management Organization of Ghana. It is funded by U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid Appropriation (ODHACA) funds. (Photo by Samantha Reho, U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs/Released)
Cabo Verde completes disaster preparedness training
WADPI in Cabo Verde, Feb. 24, 2017. Cabo Verde completes disaster preparedness training, joins 14 other West African nations as WADPI graduates.
Cabo Verde completes disaster preparedness training
WADPI in Cabo Verde, Feb. 24, 2017. Cabo Verde completes disaster preparedness training, joins 14 other West African nations as WADPI graduates.
Cabo Verde completes disaster preparedness training
The West African country becomes the 15th and final country under ECOWAS to receive standardized disaster management and response training.
Cabo Verde completes disaster preparedness training
WADPI in Cabo Verde, Feb. 24, 2017. Cabo Verde completes disaster preparedness training, joins 14 other West African nations as WADPI graduates.
Cabo Verde completes disaster preparedness training
WADPI in Cabo Verde, Feb. 24, 2017. Cabo Verde completes disaster preparedness training, joins 14 other West African nations as WADPI graduates.
Cabo Verde completes disaster preparedness training
WADPI in Cabo Verde, Feb. 24, 2017. Cabo Verde completes disaster preparedness training, joins 14 other West African nations as WADPI graduates.
Cabo Verde completes disaster preparedness training
WADPI in Cabo Verde, Feb. 24, 2017. Cabo Verde completes disaster preparedness training, joins 14 other West African nations as WADPI graduates.
Cabo Verde completes disaster preparedness training
WADPI in Cabo Verde, Feb. 24, 2017. Cabo Verde completes disaster preparedness training, joins 14 other West African nations as WADPI graduates.
Cabo Verde completes disaster preparedness training
WADPI in Cabo Verde, Feb. 24, 2017. Cabo Verde completes disaster preparedness training, joins 14 other West African nations as WADPI graduates.
Cabo Verde completes disaster preparedness training
WADPI in Cabo Verde, Feb. 24, 2017. Cabo Verde completes disaster preparedness training, joins 14 other West African nations as WADPI graduates.
Flintlock 17 begins
Colonel Major TN Pale, Burkina Faso Army Chief of Staff, addresses Burkina Faso soldiers and U.S. Special Forces during the opening ceremony of Flintlock 2017 at Camp Zagre, Burkina Faso on February 27, 2017. Exercise Flintlock is designed to build the capacity of key partners to provide better security for civilian populations. (U.S. Army photo by Spc Britany Slessman 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) Multimedia Illustrator/released)
Photo by: Spc. Britany Slessman
Flintlock 17 begins
Colonel Major TN Pale, the Burkina Faso Army Chief of Staff, salutes U.S. Special Forces during the opening ceremony of Flintlock 2017 in Camp Zagre, Burkina Faso on February 27, 2017.
Flintlock allows partner nations to build and strengthen relationships that are essential to creating lasting security and the ability to effectively respond to crisis. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt Benjamin Northcutt 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) Public Affairs Sergeant/released)
Photo by: Sgt. Benjamin Northcutt
Flintlock 17 begins
David Young, the Deputy Chief of Mission for the U.S. Embassy Burkina Faso, presents his opening speech for Flintlock 2017 to Burkina Faso Soldiers and U.S. Special Forces on February 27, 2017 at Camp Zagre, Burkina Faso.
Flintlock is designed to build the capacity of key partners to provide better security for civilian populations, and strong partnerships to deny cross-border attacks by violent extremist organizations. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt Benjamin Northcutt 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) Public Affairs Sergeant/released)
Photo by: Sgt. Benjamin Northcutt
Flintlock 17 begins
David Young, the Deputy Chief of Mission for the U.S. Embassy Burkina Faso, is greeted by soldiers of the Burkina Faso Army during the opening ceremony for Flintlock 2017 on Feb. 27, at Camp Zagre, Burkina Faso.
Seven African partner nations are participating in Flintlock 2017 to include Burkina Faso, Niger, Morocco, Tunisia, Chad, Cameroon, and Mauritania. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt Benjamin Northcutt 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) Public Affairs Sergeant/released)
Photo by: Sgt. Benjamin Northcutt
Flintlock 2017 gets underway in Burkina Faso
Colonel Major TN Pale, Burkina Faso Army Chief of Staff, addresses Burkina Faso Soldiers and U.S. Special Forces during the opening ceremony of Flintlock 2017 at Camp Zagre, Burkina Faso on February 27, 2017.
Exercise Flintlock is designed to build the capacity of key partners to provide better security for civilian populations. (U.S. Army photo by Spc Britany Slessman 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) Multimedia Illustrator/released)
Photo by: Sgt. Benjamin Northcutt
Flintlock 2017 gets underway in Burkina Faso
Soldiers with the Burkina Faso Army are addressed at the opening ceremony of Flintlock 2017 at Camp Zagre, Burkina Faso on February 27, 2017. (U.S. Army photo by Spc Britany Slessman 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) Multimedia Illustrator/released)
Photo by: Sgt. Benjamin Northcutt
Field sanitation course
Students in the February 13, 2017 Field Sanitation Team Training (FSTT) course at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, learn the proper use of a wet bulb-globe temperature kit in order to determine the appropriate hydration requirements and work-rest cycle for troops operating in high temperatures. Injuries such as heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke are a serious threat to military personnel operating in warm climates, and one of many topics covered by the FSTT course in order to mitigate disease and non-battle related injuries. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Paul Gorman)
Photo by: Master Sgt. Paul Gorman
Field sanitation course
U.S. and French military members demonstrate their ability to use a wet bulb-globe temperature (WBGT) kit during a Field Sanitation Team Training course at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 14, 2017. The WBGT kit is an instrument for providing information on hot weather risks to the health of troops undergoing training. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Paul Gorman) (Foreign service members name tape has been obscured for OPSEC)
Photo by: Master Sgt. Paul Gorman
